kaleighmariesmom
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we were there in March 2009... so pretty recent!
we were there in March 2009... so pretty recent!
So I feel that I should tell you that I have a strange obsession with the Mad Hatter, especially the ones in Disneyland. I was videos on youtube of them on a daily basis. (Don't judge, I'm a college stupid on summer vacation!) I was on vacation to San Diego this past July to visit my best friend so, of course, I made her take me to Disneyland. I spent a whole day trying to find the Mad Hatter and alas, I couldn't. That night I went to bed disappointed, but I was determined to find him the next day. The next day (July 17) was going to be a sad day for me cause it would have been my 4 year anniversary with my boyfriend that I just broke up with a little while before. That morning, we ran into DCA to get on Soarin' and TSM. Around 12:30, I had a feeling that I wanted to get over to DL, so I made my friends run across to DL. As soon as we came out of the tunnels, who did I see? THE MAD HATTER!(Squishy Hatter, if anyone is interested) This particular hatter is my absolute favorite. I ran, actually ran, across the hub to where he was. (I'm sorry if I happened to maul over young children. I'm kidding!
) That afternoon I saw him play musical chairs, and he still remembered me!
Needless to say, the rest of my day, scratch that vacation, was amazing.
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Yes, that is a picture of my mom on a popsicle stick.
The next two, don't have stories. Except that we were leaving and there was Mickey and Minnie just standing on Main Street near the Mad Hatter. (I'm the fool in the Mad Hatter hat.)
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This is one of my all-time favorite photos of my daughter, taken in 2004. On our first trip to DL, we saw neither hide nor hair of Mickey. On our second trip, we walked through the gate when the park opened and there he was, no waiting.
The kid in the black and white background left always cracks me up.
And five years later, this is still the wallpaper on my PC and my iPhone.![]()